placate

Etymology

From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

placate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)

1. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.

Anagrams

• epactal

Noun

placate (plural placates)

1. poster

Verb

placate

1. second-person plural present of placare
2. second-person plural imperative of placare
3. feminine plural past participle of placare

Anagrams

• catalpe

Verb

plācāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of plācō

References

• placate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• placate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• placate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette